stackyFACTSHaving thoughts is entirely optional. Meister Eckhart loudly told medieval peasants they needed to completely empty their heads to find salvation, basically inventing medieval mindfulness.
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Disgusted by hypocritical monks, he paraded around with a large wooden sword to show that their spiritual authority was utterly fake. He spent his life…
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She casually walked through the streets carrying fire in one hand and water in the other, claiming she wanted to burn down heaven and extinguish hell so…
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Thomas Aquinas attempted to reconcile astrology with Christianity by claiming the stars could influence the body but not the soul, effectively creating a…
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